The selection of ministers was done keeping vote banks in mind with OBCs including Yadavs getting more prominence.

Besides Kumar, the ministry has 12 members each from RJD and JD(U) and four from Congress .

RJD won 80 seats in the Bihar poll followed by JD(U) 71 and Congress 27 totalling 178 in the 243-member legislative assembly

Even after emerging the single largest party, Prasad stuck to the pre-poll understanding that Kumar would be the chief minister. Since then there was speculation that Tejashwi would be made the deputy chief minister.

More ministers would be sworn in later as the cabinet can have a maximum of 36 members as per the number of seats in the Bihar assembly.